Oracle Acquires Taleo for $1.9 Billion

In the wake of last year’s SAP-SuccessFactors deal, Taleo was said to be the next company to be acquired. Funny how these things work out.
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Oracle to Court: Let’s Try SAP Again

Unhappy with a judge’s ruling that slashed a judgement from $1.3 billion to $272 million, Oracle says it wants a new copyright infringement trial against rival SAP.
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Filing: Without Itanium Chip, HP Is “Strategically Screwed”

But in HP’s view, Oracle sought to blow up its rival’s Business Critical Server business and lure customers to its Sun servers.
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Battle of the Bands: Tech Firms Compete for Rock Stars

Shortly before Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison gave his keynote speech about a new cloud-computing effort at his annual customer conference here in October, a surprise guest came on stage: Sting.

What Have We Learned From the Mark Hurd Letter?

Aret there any larger implications for Hurd or for his current employer, Oracle? Or for the world at large? Maybe it’s just a good teaching moment.
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U.S. Patent Office Leaves Some Coal in Oracle’s Stocking

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has reexamined and rejected a patent at issue in Oracle’s fight with Google over the use of Java in the Android mobile operating system.
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Oracle’s Lousy Quarter Takes Many Other Stocks Down

By missing its sales forecasts by nearly a half-billion dollars, Oracle shares are diving and taking many other enterprise IT stocks along for the ride.
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What Went Wrong With Oracle’s Quarter?

Some deals didn’t close on time, and new chips slowed sales of certain servers. But there were a few things that went right, too.
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Oracle Falls Short on Weak Software Sales

Oracle’s results fell well short, perhaps suggesting that IT spending among large corporations isn’t holding up as well as many had expected.
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Steady IT Budgets Suggest a Positive Quarter for Oracle

A survey of IT industry contacts points to a positive quarterly earnings report for software giant Oracle today, says ThinkEquity analyst Brian Schwartz.
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